1/19/2018: 2017 Senate Bill 711Relating to: a pilot grant program to support college courses taught in high schools and making an appropriation. (FE)

1/18/2018: 2017 Senate Joint Resolution 94Relating to: declaring January 21-27, 2018, School Choice Week and recognizing the importance of giving parents the choice in the educational path for their children.

12/27/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 775Relating to: the showing of a substantial likelihood that a parent will not meet the conditions established for the safe return of the child to the home in a termination of parental rights proceeding.

12/21/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 668Relating to: the limit on tax credits that may be certified under the historic rehabilitation tax credit. (FE)

12/21/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 652Relating to: the showing of a substantial likelihood that a parent will not meet the conditions established for the safe return of the child to the home in a termination of parental rights proceeding.

11/14/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 640Relating to: creating the innovation fund and economic development programs funded by that fund, establishing the Innovation Fund Council, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice and services to state agencies and others, and making appropriations. (FE)

11/8/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 525Relating to: creating the innovation fund and economic development programs funded by that fund, establishing the Innovation Fund Council, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice and services to state agencies and others, and making appropriations. (FE)

8/3/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 383Relating to: the payment of state aid to school districts and payments to operators of independent charter schools and private schools participating in a choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program. (FE)

6/30/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 419Relating to: professional development training in character education for teachers, principals, and school district administrators, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

6/23/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 329Relating to: professional development training in character education for teachers, principals, and school district administrators, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

6/23/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 322Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate; retrospective economic impact analyses for rules; and reporting by the Legislative Reference Bureau on rules in need of revision. (FE)

6/15/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 296Relating to: the establishment of a self-certification registry operated by the Department of Safety and Professional Services, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

6/2/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 370Relating to: the establishment of a self-certification registry operated by the Department of Safety and Professional Services, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

2/21/2017: January 2017 Special Session Senate Bill 6Relating to: authorizing the director of the Office of Educational Opportunity in the University of Wisconsin System to contract for the operation of a recovery charter school, insurance coverage of mental health treatment provided by a recovery charter school, and making appropriations. (FE)

2/17/2017: January 2017 Special Session Assembly Bill 6Relating to: authorizing the director of the Office of Educational Opportunity in the University of Wisconsin System to contract for the operation of a recovery charter school, insurance coverage of mental health treatment provided by a recovery charter school, and making appropriations. (FE)

1/26/2018: 2017 Senate Bill 729Relating to: University of Wisconsin and technical college tuition remissions for and grants to support foster care and other out-of-home placement students and making an appropriation. (FE)

1/26/2018: January 2018 Special Session Senate Bill 5Relating to: creating a pilot and permanent program for making periodic payments to eligible recipients of the earned income tax credit and making an appropriation. (FE)

1/4/2018: 2017 Senate Bill 672Relating to: grant to organization to provide referrals to community-based services and making an appropriation. (FE)

1/4/2018: 2017 Senate Bill 675Relating to: the Court Appointed Special Advocates grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

1/4/2018: 2017 Senate Bill 676Relating to: funding for grants to support foster parents and foster children and making an appropriation. (FE)

12/21/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 666Relating to: pilot program to provide outreach, support, and mental health and substance abuse services for veterans and making an appropriation. (FE)

12/21/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 655Relating to: notice to a school of a permanency review or hearing, notice to a school district of a foster home or group home license or out-of-home care placement, and transfer of pupil records.

12/21/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 656Relating to: a committee to study and make recommendations on the caseloads of child welfare workers. (FE)

12/21/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 657Relating to: a parent's right to counsel in a child in need of protection or services proceeding, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

11/30/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 618Relating to: insurance policy renewal in an affiliate and the use and contents of certificates of insurance.

11/20/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 577Relating to: classifying county jailers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System and the treatment of county jailers under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. (FE)

8/10/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 388Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (FE)

8/10/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 387Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE)

4/20/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 216Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage. (FE)

4/20/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 208Relating to: creating a refundable individual income tax credit to provide assistance to young adults and making an appropriation. (FE)

3/29/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 143Relating to: requiring the state auditor to appoint an inspector general to investigate Department of Transportation programs and activities and making an appropriation. (FE)

3/16/2017: 2017 Senate Joint Resolution 18Relating to: application to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for a convention for proposing amendments relating to a balanced budget.

3/9/2017: 2017 Senate Bill 97Relating to: requiring the payment of health insurance premiums, and establishing a loan program, for survivors of a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or fire fighter who dies in the line of duty and making appropriations. (FE)

1/26/2018: January 2018 Special Session Assembly Bill 5Relating to: creating a pilot and permanent program for making periodic payments to eligible recipients of the earned income tax credit and making an appropriation. (FE)

1/18/2018: 2017 Assembly Joint Resolution 99Relating to: declaring January 21-27, 2018, School Choice Week and recognizing the importance of giving parents the choice in the educational path for their children.

12/27/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 780Relating to: notice to a school of a permanency review or hearing, notice to a school district of a foster home or group home license or out-of-home care placement, and transfer of pupil records.

12/27/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 784Relating to: a parent's right to counsel in a child in need of protection or services proceeding, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

12/27/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 779Relating to: grant to organization to provide referrals to community-based services and making an appropriation. (FE)

12/27/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 777Relating to: University of Wisconsin and technical college tuition remissions for and grants to support foster care and other out-of-home placement students and making an appropriation. (FE)

12/27/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 783Relating to: a committee to study and make recommendations on the caseloads of child welfare workers. (FE)

11/29/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 676Relating to: classifying county jailers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System and the treatment of county jailers under the Municipal Employment Relations Act. (FE)

8/24/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 479Relating to: limiting the authority of local governments to regulate development on substandard lots and require the merging of lots; requiring a political subdivision to issue a conditional use permit under certain circumstances; standards for granting certain zoning variances; local ordinances related to repair, rebuilding, and maintenance of certain nonconforming structures; shoreland zoning of, and the removal of material from the bed of, certain small, private ponds; inverse condemnation proceedings; and the right to display the flag of the United States. (FE)

8/24/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 480Relating to: review by the Department of Safety and Professional Services of the state electrical wiring code applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings; the legal description required for recording an easement for the construction, operation, or maintenance of sewer lines or facilities; expanding the use of tax incremental financing for workforce housing development and allowing a reduction in the amount of certain impact fees; effect of changes in requirements for development-related permits or authorizations on persons who apply for the permits or authorizations; exempting certain vehicles delivering propane from class B highway weight limitations and certain special or seasonal weight limitations; elimination of the forestation state property tax; reviews of and reports on bills and proposed administrative rules that affect housing; general permits to place riprap on the bed of a navigable water; and making an appropriation. (FE)

8/14/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 471Relating to: the payment of state aid to school districts and payments to operators of independent charter schools and private schools participating in a choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program. (FE)

5/12/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 317Relating to: review by state agencies of administrative rules and enactments; an expedited process for repealing rules an agency no longer has the authority to promulgate; retrospective economic impact analyses for rules; and reporting by the Legislative Reference Bureau on rules in need of revision. (FE)

5/4/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 296Relating to: elimination of the requirement that laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on the site of a project of public works be paid the prevailing wage. (FE)

4/10/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 210Relating to: requiring the state auditor to appoint an inspector general to investigate Department of Transportation programs and activities and making an appropriation. (FE)

3/20/2017: 2017 Assembly Joint Resolution 21Relating to: application to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for a convention for proposing amendments relating to a balanced budget.

3/16/2017: 2017 Assembly Bill 150Relating to: requiring the payment of health insurance premiums, and establishing a loan program, for survivors of a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or fire fighter who dies in the line of duty and making appropriations. (FE)

2017 Authored Amendments

12/11/2017: 2017 SSA1-SB525Relating to: creating the innovation fund and economic development programs funded by that fund, establishing the Innovation Fund Council, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice and services to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, requiring certain information to be included in business formation filings, and making appropriations.